Dolphins DB Walt Aikens (35) celebrates on his way to scoring a two-point conversion on a blocked extra point by the Cardinals’ Chandler Catanzaro last season. (Bill Ingram / The Palm Beach Post)

DAVIE — Something very abnormal is going on with these Dolphins.

OK, so that sentence probably could be written most weeks with this team, but still. After beating Atlanta 20-17 on Sunday, many players left the stadium sporting black T-shirts reading ‘We R Not Normal.’

Asked about them, some players feigned ignorance, while others grinned and said they’d never tell. After you’ve covered this team for a while, you know some players are more forthcoming than others, so I stopped by the locker of special teams ace Walt Aikens to get to the bottom of this.

What follows is a transcript of our conversation, which I can easily rank among the most abnormal of my career. You’re about to see why.

Aikens: We’re just not normal. That’s what Gase said. We ain’t normal.

HH: And overcoming a 17-0 halftime deficit — is that normal?

Aikens: Hey. It’s a good game. A hard-fought game.

HH: But not a normal game?

Aikens: Not a normal game.

HH: Yeah, not a normal game.

Aikens: That adds to the point. We aren’t normal.

HH: OK. Are you going to have a normal game against the Jets?

Aikens: We are not normal.

HH: OK. Did you have a normal childhood? Have you been abnormal for a long time?

Aikens: Nah, nah, nah. Never been normal.

HH: Never?

Aikens: Never.

HH: Is normal bad?

Aikens: We are not normal. Normal is not necessarily bad. We’re just not normal.

HH: Would you rather be normal or abnormal?

Aikens: Abnormal. Definitely.

HH: Why?

Aikens: Because we are not normal.

HH: OK.

Aikens: Get it?

HH: I think I get it now.

Aikens: That’s it. That’s how it goes.

HH: I want to thank you for enlightening my readers.

(Note: Finally on Monday afternoon, Gase said the phrase came up one day when he was talking with Kaleb Thornhill, who heads player engagement for the Dolphins, and when Cameron Wake caught wind of it, he told Gase, “Sounds like a T-shirt.” So an idea was born. Gase said he figured this goofy past week was the perfect time to roll it out.)